Tony Stewart likes the race track at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds so much that he took time out of a busy NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule to file an entry Thursday for the 18th Bill Oldani Memorial UMP Modified race on Labor Day at the Magic Mile.

Barring unforeseen circumstances during the 500-mile event at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday night (weather, accident, etc.) the two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion will make the flight to southern Illinois and be on the grounds for UMP Modified practice Monday morning.============================================================================Tweet Found:Lost the feature to Kenny Schrader. Back to Atlanta for tomorrow

That explains why he's at NHRA over at Indy.

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"We know that Mother Nature is a woman. If she were a man, there would be no rain on race day."